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As of 1 October 2021, Niels Obbink is the new General Director of the Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service (FIOD) of the Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration. He has already held this

Foreign investigators and prosecutors sometimes envy the indirect method of proof as we use it in the Netherlands. This method means that the Dutch court can reach a conviction for money laundering,

On February 25 this year the OECD published a new report: Ending the Shell Game, Cracking down in the Professionals who enable Tax and White Collar Crimes. Professional enablers are a distinct

The European Banking Authority (hereinafter EBA) is an independent EU-authority established in Paris, formed on January 1, 2011 in order to maintain financial stability in the EU and to protect the

In EU SOCTA 2021, published on April 12, Europol cautioned that money laundering in the European Union is widely spread and more complex than previously thought. The report, which is published every

We have received several reports this week of fraud victims being approached by GF Prevention (Global Fraud Prevention). GF Prevention claims to be a 'third member organisation' working in close

Last week it became apparent that letters are being sent which appear to have come from our Centre, asking victims of fraud to make additional payments.These letters do not originate from the AMLC.

The EFIPPP is a global public–private partnership; a European partnership between investigative services, financial intelligence units and banking institutions which need to give insight into

Reflections on possible accounting fraud and money laundering constructions at Wirecard By Dick Crijns, senior advisor AMLC Background During the last two weeks I have been regularly asked questions

The European Commission has set up a financial crime unit together with Europol. The new European Financial Economic Crime Center (EFECC) was officially launched on June 5th. The need for this